Improvement in head-rests for coffins



Patented Aug. 29,1821;

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HEAD-RESTS FOR COFFINS.

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,565, dated August29, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. WVAUGH, of South Scriba, in the county ofOswego and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Coffins; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in coffins; and it consists inthe construction and arrangement of the head-rest, as hereinafterdescribed.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the coflin. Fig. 2 is acrosssection on the line as a; of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of the headrest detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

I propose to make a head-rest, A, of sheet metal or any other suitablematerial, by shaping a plate, B, of suitable size, with at cavity, 0, inthe upper side, and extending to one edge for the head of the corpse,and a flange, D, extending around three sides of the plate and upwardfrom it for nailing to the inner walls of the coffin.

This makes a very simple and cheap head-rest, which may be applied tothe coffin after the lat ter has been made.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The head-rest A, provided with the cavity 0 and with aflange, D, whereby it is secured to the walls of the coffin, as shownand described.

JOHN P. WAUGH.

Witnesses! A. MORGAN, JOHN L. GATES.

